Some of the classics written or recorded in Memphis:

• W.C. Handy: "The Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues"
• B.B. King: "B.B. Boogie"
• Kirk Whalum: "Floppy Disk," "The Promise"
• Otis Redding: "The Dock of the Bay," "Try a Little Tenderness"
• Roy Orbison: "You're My Baby," "One More Time"
• Jerry Lee Lewis: "Great Balls of Fire," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Johnny B. Goode," "Night Train to Memphis"
• Al Green: "Let's Stay Together," "Tired of Being Alone," "I'm Still in Love With You"
• Isaac Hayes: "Shaft" (and co-writer with Dave Porter of "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'")
• Charlie Rich: "My Baby's Done Left Me," "Easy Money," "Stay"
• Sam & Dave: "When Something is Wrong With My Baby," "You Don't Know Like I Know"
• Memphis Slim: "Everyday I Have the Blues"
• Carl Perkins: "Blue Suede Shoes," "Everybody's Tryin' to be My Baby"
• Rufus Thomas: "Bearcat," "Walkin' the Dog," "Funky Chicken"
• Elvis Presley: "That's All Right," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender," "Heartbreak Hotel"
• Wilson Pickett: "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally"
• Johnny Cash: "I Walk the Line," "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven"
• Little Milton: "Play This Boogie Woogie"
• The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison): "Don't Be Cruel," "I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling"
• Booker T. & The MG's: "Green Onions"
• The Gentrys: "Keep on Dancin'"
• The Boxtops: "The Letter"
• The Mar-Keys: "Last Night"
• Carla Thomas: "Gee Whiz," "'Cause I Love You" (with her father Rufus Thomas, Jr.)
• Aretha Franklin and Ted White: "Think"